Category: Infrastructure

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation's

MIDC approves more than 1,300 companies to reopen their operations in the midst of the lockdown.

April 23, 2020

More than 1,300 firms, including manufacturing units, foundries and textile firms have been approved by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to reopen their services in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown. The MIDC is the nodal body of the state government to facilitate enterprises with regard to land management, permits and policymaking. “We have […]

MIDC approves more than 1,300 companies to reopen their operations in the midst of the lockdown.more
Supreme court

SC concludes 20-year old battle, declares two JVPD plots as an ‘Open Spaces’.

April 22, 2020

In a judgment closing a 20-year-old battle, the Supreme Court ordered that two open spaces at the Juhu-Vile Parle Development Scheme (JVPD) be maintained as open spaces only. It upheld a 2017 Bombay High Court Order labelling Mhada’s decision to approve construction on the two layout open spaces as an “illegality” and “set off with […]

SC concludes 20-year old battle, declares two JVPD plots as an ‘Open Spaces’.more
invest

Indian real estate market experiences a decline in institutional investment by 58%.

April 21, 2020

Institutional investment in the Indian real estate market has dropped from a year earlier to $712 million during the quarter ended March by 58%. Total investments in the financial year 2019-20 experienced a 13% fall at $4.26 billion-the lowest for four years, a report by JLL India shows. Several events affected the downturn, including the […]

Indian real estate market experiences a decline in institutional investment by 58%.more
office

Office workplace to focus on creating wide spaces to comply with social distancing standards.

April 20, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak and government-mandated social distancing standards will affect workplace requirements and designs in the coming future as businesses look at ways to safeguard their employee’s health. Companies working in commercial complexes are required to uphold social distancing norms and be able to confront any unexpected health issues. Many firms, particularly in information technology and […]

Office workplace to focus on creating wide spaces to comply with social distancing standards.more
Real estate

Mumbai and Pune city may not get the relief benefit for the construction projects.

April 17, 2020

The updated guidelines for ongoing construction projects provided by the Center on April 15 have come as a significant relief to the builders as workers stationed at such sites are now able to begin construction work. The updated guidelines, however, also confirmed that such work cannot be performed in places designated as COVID-19 hotspots. Mumbai […]

Mumbai and Pune city may not get the relief benefit for the construction projects.more
Construction Waste Recycling Plant

Home Ministry permits 15 industries to start their work with social distancing norms.

April 13, 2020

Two days until the slated end of the lockdown, the government has enabled more than 15 types of industries to begin their work on a single shift basis with minimal manpower and distancing norms. These involve large electrical goods such as transformers and circuit vehicles, telecom equipment and components like fibre optic cable, compressor and […]

Home Ministry permits 15 industries to start their work with social distancing norms.more
Under-construction Building

PHD Chamber suggested all under-construction projects to be treated as assets for granting credit to the developers.

April 11, 2020

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) has suggested that ongoing projects must be treated as assets for providing credit to developers, zero- period interest waiver in Uttar Pradesh should be provided for two years amid COVID-19, and developers who have applied for partial or partial project competition must be issued completion certificates to prevent […]

PHD Chamber suggested all under-construction projects to be treated as assets for granting credit to the developers.more
construction workers

BMC resumes infrastructure work amid lockdown, explains as the pre-monsoon measures.

April 10, 2020

Despite the lockdown, BMC has begun pre-monsoon road-resurfacing, desilting and bridge-building work to prevent accidents, flooding, water-logging and rainfall diseases — it has a little over a month and a half to complete the job. On 6 April, BMC resumed 112 works on roads, bridges and stormwater drains (including desilting) with 2,500 labourers. Additional Municipal […]

BMC resumes infrastructure work amid lockdown, explains as the pre-monsoon measures.more
Durga Shanker Mishra

Housing Minister: Real Estate will soon get special regulatory measures to get restored the industry.

April 9, 2020

Special guidelines and legislative measures will soon be issued for the real estate industry, including the Real Estate Legislative Act (RERA), to counter this crisis, said Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Housing and Urban Affairs. “We are caught in an unimaginable scenario that has engulfed the whole world in its grip. In these critical days, we […]

Housing Minister: Real Estate will soon get special regulatory measures to get restored the industry.more
BMC

COVID-19: BMC prepares 20 additional hospitals in Mumbai along with quarantine wards.

The coronavirus is Spreading like wildfire, the amount of people in Mumbai testing positive for COVID-19 is rising constantly. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has prepared, with this rise, 20 more hospitals with doctors and nurses at standby. “Two, 140-bed hospitals in Vikhroli and Ghatkopar have been equipped with different entry gates and quarantine wards. In […]

COVID-19: BMC prepares 20 additional hospitals in Mumbai along with quarantine wards.more